In this timely picture book, the author has interviewed children from the Ambrit International School in Rome to find out what PEACE smells, looks, tastes, sounds, and feels like. 'It sounds like laughter and happiness, children on their birthdays. Or everyone's hearts beating together.'

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0689866763

ISBN-13: 9780689866760

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What Stinks is a humorous and information packed book explaining why some animals, insects and plants smell the way they do. Is it just to make us hold our noses? No, the smells help the creatures survive in the wild. Have you ever smelled a skunk? Skunks use their smell to chase away predators. Includes great photographs, vocabulary words (throughout the book and in a separate glossary), and a bibliography.

Reviewed by: lspraner

Date read: 12/28/2012

ISBN-10: 1581960352

ISBN-13: 9781581960358

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The creators of this book asked 25 families from around the world to display all the food they eat in one week. The reader is provided with both photographs, including the entire family and tables full of the food they eat in a week, and statistics about what food is shown, how much of each item the family eats, and how much it all costs. There is also a brief chapter about each family including the parents' jobs and the ages of the children, which helps present a more complete picture of how these families live. With families from six continents, the reader can see diverse family sizes and cultural eating habits. Short chapters address factors that contribute to the vast differences in families and food habits, including population distribution, street food, life expectancy and fast food. These sections touch on global health and, with such vivid illustrations, it is easy to see the differences in eating habits and lifestyles for people around the world. This global adventure covers families from Bhutan to Guatemala, Poland to Mali, with stops in Egypt, Greenland, Chad, the United States, and many more! While the information in this book is incredibly interesting, the photographs are astounding. You feel like you can eat the food right off the page!

Reviewed by: mlp

Date read: 6/2/2011

ISBN-10: 9781582462462

ISBN-13: 9781582462462

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Alice Roosevelt was a baby when her mother passed away. Her father, Theodore Roosevelt, missed his first wife dearly, but married again and had more children. Alice didn't feel she ever really belonged to the family and was a challenging child to raise. Another title for the book is How Alice Roosevelt broke the Rules, charmed The World, and drove her Father Teddy Crazy! She was taught at home, wanted a pet monkey, and wanted to wear pants which no proper lady would be seen in. Alice was a tomboy. Because Alice was the daughter of a president, she did presentations and was supposed to act proper. Enjoy this story of beloved Alice. The world loved her!

Reviewed by: cj

Date read: 5/19/2009

ISBN-10: 0439922313

ISBN-13: 9780439922319

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Can you imagine how it would be if there was one thing you could do better than anyone else, something you loved very much, and people kept telling you that you were not allowed? Marian began singing for her neighbors, and for her church, at the age of seven. Everyone who heard her stopped what they were doing to listen to her beautiful voice. Yet, when Marian tried to go to a professional school for voice, she was told that, 'We don't take your kind!' As a black woman in the 1930s, and throughout her life, Marian was always being told that she couldn't sing in certain places, or for certain audiences, or she couldn't go to certain schools, but Marian found ways to do those things. To learn how she did, and to hear more of her story, be sure to read this book.

Similar books: Others by Pam Munoz Ryan: Esperanza Rising; Mice and Beans; Richard Wright and the Library Card

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-13: 9781591129448

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